344 DESCRIPTIONS OP AUSTRALIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 



at apex. Hindwings blackish ; a transparent subcostal patch 

 towards base : cilia dark purplish-fuscous, becoming light 

 ochreous-orange towards tornus. 



Brisbane, Queensland ; Newcastle and Sydney, New South 

 Wales ; from September to January, apparently local but very 

 common where it occurs. 



85. P. chryselectra, n.sp. 



2- 14-15 mm. Head ochreous-orange, with a silvery central 

 line, face shining whitish-ochreous. Palpi slender, whitish, 

 second joint orange-tinged, terminal joint with black lateral and 

 anterior lines. Antenna? white, ringed with dark fuscous, 

 towards apex without rings but with two dark fuscous bands. 

 Thorax ochreous-orange, with three silvery lines. Abdomen 

 ochreous-orange, paler posteriorly. Legs whitish, ringed with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings coppery-orange ; markings shining 

 prismatic-silvery; a costal line from base, one from beneath costa 

 before \, one from beneath costa near base confluent at ^ with 

 another along fold from base, all terminating in postmedian fascia; 

 dorsal edge ochreous-whitish from base to middle; an ochreous- 

 whitish dorsal curved mark at J ; a slender vertical ochreous- 

 whitish postmedian fascia, enclosing a black metallic-edged costal 

 strigula, edged anteriorly beneath middle with black and metallic 

 scales, and followed by a subdorsal spot of mixed black and 

 metallic scales ; a vertical black metallic-edged costal strigula 

 at |, margined by ochreous whitish strigula; a bright leaden- 

 metallic black-sprinkled streak near termen from above tornus 

 to near apex: cilia ochreous. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey, 

 towards termen ochreous-tinged. 



Brisbane, Queensland; in September, two specimens. 



86. P. schismatias, n.sp. 



(J$. 12-14 mm. Head and thorax ochi'eous-orange, with a 

 white line on each side of back, face white. Palpi slender, 

 whitish, second joint orange-tinged, terminal joint with black 



